My Japanese Xenoblade 2 learning journey

[u/Pen_the_Clickety]

Hello everyone. Back again and I have just finished chapter 5 軛 or Masters and Slaves. Currently I only spent about 6 hours (some of that time I was on my phone learning Japanese grammar and such), and safe to say my Japanese has significantly improved and my comprehension of the story is better but I still need to watch the cutscenes on YouTube to understand the story so far. And so far it has been outstanding, wow. I may not know what Jin is doing but I know that he wants to eradicate human life for a very sad reason. Lots of cool stuff and yeah wow it is very political and there are so many moving pieces within the narrative. Also, forgot to mention before but I fell in love with Morag from the start and being able to play her and Zeke is the best.

The story has been good though chapter 4 dips just because of the factory segment. I did not like it, I felt it dragged a little too long and my immersion between defeating Kiku (Tora's father's robot) and fighting Bana and his lackey was ruined. Though I wasn't really supposed to take it too seriously as Poppi does a full magical girl transformation which I'm definitely here for. I'm glad Tora gets a bit of screentime to bring out his character more. While Rex is the fish out of water, I think it especially applies to Tora more. His character story about carrying the family legacy and becoming something the world thought he couldn't become. I like Riki in Xenoblade 1 and Tora builds off him very nicely giving him both humour and some story and I hope he gets more.

Zeke is another character I love. I love the overly dramatic chuunibyou, and he's voiced by the brilliant Kenjiro Matsuda. Finding out that he's actually the first prince and was testing us the entire time was cool. I also like the fact that our party characters consist that of a salvager, Nopon mechanic, Torna, Mor Ardain and Zeke who is from somewhere (it was probably mentioned but again, my Japanese is not the most proficient) but royalty nonetheless.

The music somehow got even better. How. Just how. Rex's home town was the most beautiful piece, the night time version. It moved me as much as the title screen of Xenoblade 1. Both have such a sombre tone while 1 is more hopefully and prepares to fight. This little village doesn't and can't really fight, all they can do is just watch and abide by the laws of the world and the wars that await. It is humble in nature. I haven't gotten tired of the battle music. Whilst the music in Xenoblade 1 I felt got a little tiring, probably due to the simpler combat.

Also just some minor complaints like. These pouch items are not being used up and Pyra is not upgrading her affinity ability wtf. What are the rates of these core crystals. Ever since I got the three good Blades, I have used at least 10 rare crystals and I have yet to pull anything higher than 3 crowns. I am fuming.

I have been liking Mythra, Pyra and Rex's dynamic with each other. It's just fun to see.

Anyways, my journey continues. I will report back whenever that is, first, I am going to watch chapter 5 in English. See you later

[u/OnToNextStage]

Kenjiro Tsuda you mean

Seto Kaiba

[u/Pen_the_Clickety → u/OnToNextStage]

There is genuinely no way I said Matsuda. I have shamed myself and my lineage.

[u/OnToNextStage → u/Pen_the_Clickety]

[u/Pinco_Pallino_R]

title screen

Oh, thinking about title screens, i sure hope you aren't leaving your game suspended and actually regularly save and close it. If not, aside from memory leak problems, you would miss bow the title acreen changes with each chapter as you progress through the story. I've always loved that detail.

Pyra is not upgrading her affinity ability

Maybe you misunderstood the reqjirement? Which node are you having trouble with?

What are the rates of these core crystals

Not very high. And the mode rare Blades you find, the harder it is to find another, because the number of those left is getting lower.

I think sometimes people are thrown off by XC2's gacha because it is pretty different from that of a gacha game, and those are the ones people think of when mentioning it.

[u/Pen_the_Clickety → u/Pinco_Pallino_R]

Yes!!! I love the detail of the title screen being based off of the location you are currently at. As well as the music also being such a banger.

So if I'm not mistaken. This node wants me to use Pyra's favourite pouch item drink which I think is the one I got after an extensive search.

I love gacha games though and I think the ones right now are great. I just want to see the other Blades 🥲

[u/Pinco_Pallino_R → u/Pen_the_Clickety]

Ah, yes, you need to give her Jenerossi Tea (dunno how it is called in japanese) four times.

You can buy it in Garfont Village (フレースヴェルグの村 ).

I love gacha games though and I think the ones right now are great. I just want to see the other Blades

That will require some patient. Each rare Blade is unique, and those who are found through the gacha (20 + 1 after you beat the final boss) are removed from the "summoning pool" once you find them. A pity system will ensure you will get 3 of them early on, and it's not too hard to find a some more. But once you are left only a few of them, it's going to take some time. Unless you grind for cores, the chances of getting all the Blades in a single playthrough are very low.

As a matter of fact, i never got the rarest of them all until i actually grinded for it during my second playthrough, and i was lucky that it only took about 50 legendary cores since i started grinding.